Tuesday, August 9, 2011

How To Tutor Your Own Child

How To Tutor Your Own Child by Marina Koestler Ruben

About The Book:
Tutoring today is a $4 billion industry (yes - billion) with companies like Sylvan Learning Center and Kaplan Tutoring cashing in. What are parents of today’s overextended students to do? If only there were a resource closer to home that was easy, free, and able to provide the same quality of service. But there is: you. Top professional tutor Marina Koestler Ruben empowers you to take a do-it-yourself approach to your child’s after-school enrichment. As a parent-tutor, you will learn how provide holistic academic support for your children and create an intellectual environment in the home - strengthening your relationship and improving parent-child communication in the process. Ruben’s accessible guide shows you how to balance big-picture curiosity with the academic nitty-gritties of homework assignments, organization, and electronic resources. Building on her proven “Six-Step Session” format, Ruben shares the secrets to tutoring children in any subject from kindergarten through high school - all with a warm, entertaining tone that will inspire you to inspire them.

My Thoughts:
I think this book is beneficial to any parent with school-aged kids. I love how the book is laid out and easy to read. I really liked the conversations in the book as examples of what your child might say, and how you can react positively. This book should be in every parents home. Read a little here and there. Read it all. Read only a part your child is having trouble in. Either way, you will get good, practical advice!

About The Author:
Marina Koestler Ruben is a professional tutor, writer, and editor who works as the official in-house writing tutor at Sidwell Friends School, in Washington, DC. She has also privately tutored K-12 students in math, science, history, English, ESL, French, and Spanish, as well as in organization and study skills. She has taught creative writing workshops for children and freelance writing workshops for adults. Her writing has been published by Smithsonian Magazine, CNN.com, Education Week, McSweeney's, the Washington City Paper, and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and she has appeared on NPR's Talk of the Nation. Marina received her B.A. and M.A. in writing from the Johns Hopkins University.

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I received a complimentary review copy of this book from the author. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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